# The General Medical Services Transitional and Consequential Provisions (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, Article 44: Temporary residents

Extent: N.I.

Where, on the date on which the default contract ceases to have effect –
(a) a default contractor has accepted a person as a temporary resident under the term of his default contract equivalent to paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations; and
(b) his responsibility for that patient has not yet been terminated under that term,
the person shall be treated as if he had been accepted as a temporary resident by the general medical services contractor under the term of his general medical services contract which gives effect to paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to the 2004 Regulations, subject to the modification that the reference to a period of three months in that term shall be read as a reference to a period of three months starting with the date on which the person was accepted as a temporary resident by the default contractor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/156/article/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-44
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